SIDS

Disaster Information Kit for the Caribbean Media

First produced in 1995, with a sixth edition in 2004, the 100-page Disaster Information Kit for the Caribbean Media includes sections on Tropical Weather Systems, Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Volcanoes, Floods, Landslides, Technological and Man-Made Disasters, and Epidemics. Fact sheets for generic types of disasters include suggestions on messages that might be communicated by the media and glossaries of terms.